LABRST 3D03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Australian Nursing And Midwifery Federation, Healthcare Industry, Occupational Safety And Health
6 Nov 2016
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Occupational violence and assault in mental health nursing: a scoping project for a. Occupational violence and assault in mental health nursing: a scoping project for a victorian mental health service. Violence has long been considered part of the job for nurses p. 9. Being physically/verbally abused by patients, their relatives or frustrated members of the community has been widely accepted as just another occupational health hazard that nurses must saddle. This serious issue prompted the australian nursing federation to develop a policy that aims for zero tolerance of occupational violence and assault towards nurses p. Difficult to apply such a policy in acute mental health services where behaviours are unpredictable and not always under the control of the perpetrator. Health care industry was found to be the most violent. All respondents in one survey reported experiencing violence in some form while at work on a weekly basis.
